Pain Confessor

Genre: Melodic Death Metal | Status: Active Unsigned | Viewed: 3919 times

PAIN CONFESSOR Announces New Guitarist

25 December 2008

Finnish metallers PAIN CONFESSOR have announced the addition of guitarist Tommi Kurki to the groups ranks. According to the band, Kurki "has been around since the first gigs of PAIN CONFESSOR. In fact, he has been our mainstay sound engineer for pretty much all these years. This made the transition from behind the mixer to the frontlines an easy one, and very natural."The group continues, "He wasnt born yesterday as a guitarist either. Tommi Tommi Kurki Kurki, or The Bullfinch, as we like to call him, played guitar in the old Finnish progressive metal band SANCNITY along with PAIN CONFESSOR producer Janne Saksa. SANCNITYs swansong was their excellent early 90s album Dew."A multitude of musical paths were ventured after that, a few to mention were as a gu

Read the whole article »

Bio
News
Releases
Videos

Biography

* PAIN CONFESSOR is born August 2002
* In 2003 PAIN CONFESSOR signs a 3 record deal with Megamania
* First single Poor Man's Crown is published in March 2004
* Debut full length Turmoil is recorded during May 2004 and is released in Finland September 8th 2004
* The band is voted Newcomer of the Year 2004 by the metal oriented public in Sirkkelirock Metal Weekend held January 7th - 8th 2005
* Turmoil is released in Germany, Switzerland and Austria August 8. 2005
* Follow-up for the debut Turmoil is recorded during September 2005 and is named Fearrage
* The single Fall on evil days is released in February 2006. Also a video of the single track is released
* Fall on evil days enters the Finnish TOP20 Single chart at #15 and climbs up to #6 during the second week
* Second album Fearrage sees the light March 1. 2006 in Finland
* Fearrage hits the Finnish TOP40 charts @ position 26 during the first week since it's release
* Fearrage is released in Japan through Wood Bell May 10. 2006
* Writing process for third album starts in a hurry during autumn 2006
* Recording of Purgatory of the Second Sun begins 16.12.2006 @ Fantom Studio, Tampere, Finland
* Single track and video Ne Plus Ultra online January 29. 2007
* Ne Plus Ultra/Eye of the Tiger cds is released February 14. 2007
* Purgatory of the Second Sun is released March 14. 2007
* Single Ne Plus Ultra enters Finnish Single Chart @ 1st position during it's first week